this cosmology pervaded the party state at all levels Party cadres carried out self-assessments by recording curriculum vitae with their achievements and weak points three decades later this was the format followed in the resumes of senior civil servants who had cut their teeth in the early years of the revolution Administrative reports followed a similar structure listing work good points weak points and remaining issues kho khongkhang The conceit of reeducation was based on doing the same to human beings Prisoners undertook self-criticism and as discussed labored their way to redemption Clearly the strident positivism of this worlview was based on an unrealistically simple idea of society and social change but this model of social change and its accompanying rhetoric pervaded society and shaped the administration of all cultural fields including that of sport and physical culture as labor would redeem the individual so culture according to this worldview would effect social progress